BEACH Vacation Pics

Finally I have the final few pictures added to the album and it's ready to share!  You should be able to view the album with the following link to Snapfish, and there you can order any prints you want!  Let me know if this does NOT work for you!

VIEW BEACH PICTURES!!

Shrine Circus!

My survival technique for getting through this year's Outage is to just plan lots of fun things.  Could be as simple as a lunch date or meeting at the park with friends or a trip home to see family.  It keeps the days passing, things to look forward to, things to share afterward, and we sure have a great time in the process!  So when I saw that the circus was coming to the city, I just HAD to find a way for me to get us there!  Big events like that are a bit much for me to do on my own with the kids.  From crossing the street to potty breaks with EVERYONE in tow to getting snacks, etc etc etc so I convinced the grandparents to come with us, and I do believe we all had fun!!

while waiting for the show to start the kids got to go down the big inflatable slide and do a pony ride.  You could also ride the big elephant but we passed on that one.

the kids' first pony rides.  they were both so brave!

Eli got in the last ride right before the show started!

all ready!

the show started with the chicken dance

The Shriners doing the chicken dance

Then all the motorcycles rode through

There was a live band playing throughout the performance

the ringmaster

one of the performers

acrobats.  they were pretty incredible.

and a lasso/rope guy

the spinning mouse wheel type thing

along with this were trampoline tricks, box juggling, and a short clown act

dancers

and the dancing elephant

three dirt bikes racing around in circles inside that metal sphere

the finale

What a great show!  The kids were captivated, even Carter who kept pointing at different things he saw!  Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa for coming with us!!

Unbelievable.

The weather that we had last week!  Picnics, park visits, and popsicles!  In FEBRUARY.  In NEBRASKA.  Ohhh we soaked it up.  I cracked a couple of the windows in the house for some fresh breeze and it was sooo amazing!

I think building with these extra bricks is going to be a favorite activity this summer!  =)

We saw these popsicles on Curious George or Sid the Science Kid or something and Eli kept talking about how wanted to make them.  So a couple mornings later when Carter and Hannah were still in bed Eli and I made these together.

And now. We're back to arctic temps in the teens.  Oh Spring, you never can come soon enough!!

Happy 3rd birthday, Hannah!

You are just so SO wonderful!!  Happy birthday! We love you!!!

love this.

Oh well.

I was just cleaning up all of my photo folders off the computer desktop (importing into iPhoto) when I realized I never posted these pictures on the blog.  

Before Carter fully takes off walking here, I had a picture in my mind of the older kids each holding one of his hands to help support him.  But it didn't quite turn out that way in real life.  Carter was resistance and just wanted to GO.  So I ended up with mostly shots of the kids individually rather than altogether, but oh well!  Here are my cutie pies...